Derek & Graeme,
Actually, Mike Lempert worked with Roger Moment, Richard Gordon and I
believe John Harper, and he has reproduced a spot on accurate replica of
the wheel used on the 100s. This wheel was riveted to the hub and is
absolutely gorgeous. Just ask me how I know... I've attached several
photos of an original wheel, and the one I had made by Mike L.
No reason in my opinion to pay big bucks for an original when the average
person cannot tell the difference in a Lempert wheel.
FYI, the cutout inside of the stock Moto Lita hub was machined by Al
Alfano's Father (Al was a former member of the Concours Committee). Roger
and I turned down the aluminum rivet heads and then we used a special jig
that he made up for his arbor press to crush the rivets in place.
Cheers,
Curt
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Derek Job <derek.c.job@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mike Lempert's wheels are no doubt very nice but its the Moto Lita that
> are
> the accurate design and representative of the ones used back in the day.
> Moto
> Lita make many different styles and if people have one that does not have
> the
> three equally spaced spokes then they have bought the wrong model.
>
> Derek
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